The Amateur Astronomer (Hardcover, 12th ed. 2006)

Publisher's note. - Foreward to the First Edition.- Foreword to the 12th Edition.- Astronomy is a Hobby The Unfolding Universe.- Telescopes and Observatories.- The Solar System. The Sun.- The Moon Occultations and Eclipses.- Aurorae and the Zodiacal Light.- The Nearer Planets.- The Outer Planets Comets and Meteors.- The Stellar sky.- The Nature of a Star.- Double Stars.- Variable Stars Star-Clusters and Nebulae.- Galaxies.- Beginnings and Endings.- Appendices.- Bibliography